Thermographic investigation of 3.2 mm diameter orificed hollow cathodes

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Domonkos, Matthew T ^a   Gallimore, Alec D ^a   Patterson, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SOURCES; NASA; PROPULSION; RADIOMETERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCOUPLES;

CATHODE ASSEMBLIES; CATHODE TEMPERATURE; COMPLEX PROFILES; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; IMAGING RADIOMETERS; LABORATORY MODELS; OPERATING CONDITION;

CATHODES;

EID: 85088741579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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